Settled 1793. Formed as Burt Township when divided from Farmington Township, 31 Mar. 1821. Name changed to Manchester, 16 Apr. 1822. Included village of Manchester. Population in 1825 about 2,700. Population in 1830 about 2,800. JS reported first vision of...

Settled 1793. Formed as Burt Township when divided from Farmington Township, 31 Mar. 1821. Name changed to Manchester, 16 Apr. 1822. Included village of Manchester. Population in 1825 about 2,700. Population in 1830 about 2,800. JS reported first vision of...

A series of five revelations were
directed to members of
JS’s family or close associates at the time the
Church of Christ was organized in April 1830.
Each recipient was reportedly anxious to know his respective duties now that
the church was formally organized. In this instance,
Samuel Smith

All five revelations were recorded in
Revelation Book 1 and bear the date “AD 1830.” For
the 1833 Book of Commandments, in each case the date in the chapter headings is
“April 6, 1830.” The 1835 Doctrine and
Covenants dropped this more specific date and combined all five texts into a
single document that again carried the more generic designation “April
1830.”

Settled 1793. Formed as Burt Township when divided from Farmington Township, 31 Mar. 1821. Name changed to Manchester, 16 Apr. 1822. Included village of Manchester. Population in 1825 about 2,700. Population in 1830 about 2,800. JS reported first vision of...

, Apr.
1830; in Revelation Book 1, pp. 29–30; handwriting of
John
Whitmer

27 Aug. 1802–11 July 1878. Farmer, stock raiser, newspaper editor. Born in Pennsylvania. Son of Peter Whitmer Sr. and Mary Musselman. Member of German Reformed Church, Fayette, Seneca Co., New York. Baptized by Oliver Cowdery, June 1829, most likely in Seneca...